SCANS Competencies
Interpersonal: Works with others
A) Participates as a Member of a Team
Contributes to group effort.
Information: Acquires and uses information
A) Acquires and Evaluates Information
B) Organizes and Maintains Information
C) Interprets and Communicates Information
D) Uses Computers to Process Information
Basic Skills: Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens, and speaks.
A) Reading
Locates, understands, interprets written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules.
B) Writing
Communicates thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing; and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
Thinking Skills: Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and reasons
A) Creative Thinking
Generates new ideas.
B) Decision Making
Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternative.
C) Problem Solving
Recognizes problems and devises and implements plan of action.
E) Knowing How to Learn
Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills.
Personal Qualities: Display responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, and integrity and honesty
A) Responsibility
Exerts a high level of effort and preservers toward goal attainment.
D) Self-Management
Assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control.
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